A History of London, Volume 2E. Stanford, 1884 - London (England) |
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Page 86 - He was presently cut down, and his head and heart shown to the people, at which there was great shouts of joy. It is said that he said that he was sure to come shortly at the right hand of Christ to judge them that now had judged him ; and that his wife do expect his coming again. Thus it was my chance to see the King beheaded at Whitehall, and to see the first blood shed in revenge for the King at Charing Cross.
Page 96 - Westminster, which, I presume, is the most capacious, with these qualifications, that hath yet been built; and yet, at a solemn time, when the church was much crowded, I could not discern from a gallery that two thousand were present.
Page 284 - Here lies HENRY ST. JOHN, : In the Reign of Queen Anne Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and Viscount Bolingbroke: In the Days of King George I. and King George II. Something more and better.
Page 23 - What doth Sir Thomas, but in the night-time sends for workmen to London (money commands all things) who so speedily and silently apply their business, that the next morning discovered that court double, which the night had left single before. It is questionable whether the queen next day was more contented with the conformity to her...
Page 133 - Ezra the Scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which he had made for the preachin. Neh. viii. 7.
Page 95 - I can hardly think it practicable to make a single room so capacious, with pews and galleries, as to hold above 2,000 persons, and all to hear the service, and both to hear distinctly, and see the preacher.
Page 207 - And the other sex — the tender — the fair — What wide reverses of fate are there! Whilst Margaret, charm'd by the Bulbul rare, In a garden of Gul reposes — Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street, Till — think of that, who find life so sweet ! — She hates the smell of roses...
Page 175 - Lancashire gave me breath, And Cambridge education; Middlesex gave me death, And this Church my humation; And Christ to me hath given A place with him in Heaven.
Page 284 - Something more and better. His attachment to Queen Anne Exposed him to a long and severe persecution ; He bore it with firmness of mind ; He passed the latter part of his...
Page 284 - And crush'd to death the monster of a beast. Thrice twenty mounted Moors he overthrew, Singly, on foot, some wounded, some he slew, Dispersed the rest, — what more could Samson do ? True to his friends, a terror to his foes, Here now in peace his honour'd bones repose.